Big detached homes, tall foyers and finished basements make up much of York Region, and we price them all the same way. As painters in Vaughan, Markham, Richmond Hill and north to Keswick, we work from floor area and a published rate. In every listed town, the typical smallest project is the package start: $700 for walls, covering the first 100 sq ft of floor.
Much of southern York was built for large families in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Think of Woodbridge, Thornhill, Richmond Hill and Markham. Many homes there have four bedrooms, a double-height foyer and a family room open to the hall above. Cut lines in those spaces are visible from two floors, so they take time.
Many repaints here are tied to a date. Owners repaint before listing, buyers repaint in the empty weeks after closing, and some families refresh before a wedding or a big dinner. In each case, the room order is planned backwards from that date and written into the quote.
The finished basement is the other constant. It may hold grandparents, a tenant or a teenager, so it needs washable walls and a colour code kept on file for touch-ups.
The older cores are different again. Unionville, Kleinburg, Markham Village and Main Street Newmarket have century houses with plaster and narrow trim. Farther north, King City has estate lots, and Keswick has lakeside homes on Lake Simcoe. New condo towers near the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre add elevator bookings and building paperwork.
From Vaughan to Keswick, the towns on this page typically have our standard minimum. That makes the smallest job the package start: $700 for walls, $800 for walls and ceilings, or $970 for the full interior. All three starts take in the first 100 sq ft of floor.
The minimum is set by your exact address, not by the town. Rural addresses past Keswick, toward Sutton, are checked one by one, and your written price states the result. The rate per sq ft never changes with distance.
Residential painting, priced by the size of the rooms. The three standard packages get the same preparation, protection, cleanup and warranty; the difference is which surfaces are included. Signature Finish adds enhanced prep and premium coatings. Move the slider to see the total for your floor area.
Set your painted floor area, pick a package and add your town for a typical minimum. It runs on the same rates as the cards.
Picture a 2004 two-storey in Vaughan with 2,600 sq ft of painted floor and 15 interior doors. The family wants walls, ceilings, baseboards and casings, so it is Complete Home. With walls in normal shape, the start of $970 covers 100 sq ft and the first door. The other 2,500 sq ft are $4.10 each, and 14 more doors are $120 each. That is a subtotal of $12,900 before HST, before any agreed foyer or stairwell extras. Those are priced in writing before you agree.
HST 13% $1,677 · with HST $14,577 · walls in normal condition
See this example in the calculatorThe rates are ranges, but your written price is one number. It says which rate applies to each room and why.
You choose the colours and give us the codes. The exact product is named in your specification, so you can look it up before we start.
We use the finished floor area of the rooms we paint. Paint rooms totalling 900 sq ft in a 2,500 sq ft home and the price uses 900.
Doors and extras count toward the total. If that total comes in below the minimum for your address, you pay the minimum, and your written price lists exactly what it covers.
A lived-in home, ceilings up to 8 ft, previously painted drywall in normal condition. Colour changes are included when two coats cover.
Most homes can be priced from photos alone. If something in them is unclear, we ask before we put a number on paper. A written price keeps both sides on the same page.
That can be a fair quote. To compare like for like, check what each one includes: how many coats, whether ceilings are in, what prep is listed, and whether the warranty is in writing.
A price over the phone would be a guess. Photos show the state of your walls, and that decides which rate applies to each room.
Getting set up, protecting the floors and cleaning up take nearly as long for one small room as for a bigger job. The start price covers that, so a small job gets the same care. Every sq ft beyond the start is charged at the published rate.
Start with the walls. Fresh Start paints walls only. Ceilings and trim can follow later as a separate job, priced in writing, though doing them together usually costs less.
This page covers the York Region towns that do not have their own page. Aurora has a separate page with its own local detail. Everywhere else, from the south end of Vaughan to the shore of Lake Simcoe, is served from here, with one rate card.
For nearby places, see our pages for Aurora and Toronto. The full package details are on our interior painting page.
Your price per sq ft is the same in every town. Only the smallest project changes, and your written price shows what it covers.
No. The rate per sq ft of floor is the same in every town, and there is no distance charge. Only the smallest project can change, and it follows your exact address. Each town on this page typically starts at the package start: $700 for walls, which covers the first 100 sq ft of floor.
Often, if the dates are booked soon. Send room sizes and photos now. Your written price normally follows in 1–2 business days, and it lists which rooms are done on which days, planned backwards from the photo date.
Yes. Tall walls and open stairwells need more ladder time and staging, so they are priced as separate items. You see each one in writing before you agree, and nothing is added later without your yes.
Washable walls with a mid sheen, durable enamel on doors and trim, and flat paint only on the ceiling. We label leftover paint with the colour code, which helps touch-ups match.
Yes. Century houses near Main Street often have plaster and narrow trim. Small fills are part of every package. Large cracks or a skim coat are priced as separate repairs before any work starts.
By then, you have your specification, price and warranty terms in writing.
